Sea Control - CIMSEC

By Alex Clarke Howdy, it’s once again come to pass, another historically informed maritime current events podcast is inbound! The Bilge Pumps is where three naval geeks who enjoy being monitored by the Russians (judging by the number of blonde ladies we don’t know who keep wanting to befriend us on Facebook whilst their embassy … Continue reading The Bilge Pumps 4 – Aircraft Carriers and Brand New Frigates →

By Alex Clarke Hoots and hoorays it’s another historically informed maritime current events podcast! Or Bilge Pumps as we three naval geeks call it…As an explanation, well imagine three naval historians having a chat while kayaking, but really without the kayaks or the sinking, plus it’s done over Skype. So what is episode three about? … Continue reading The Bilge Pumps 3 – Statues and Teaching History →

By Jared Samuelson Navy Pier, Midway and O’Hare airports, the U.S. Navy’s Recruit Training Command, the Illinois Naval Militia (of captured Spanish ships!), paddlewheel aircraft carriers and more! New CIMSEC Chicago Chapter President Akshat Patel and Dr. Ted Karamanski join the program to discuss the new Chicago CIMSEC chapter and the city’s incredible maritime history. … Continue reading Sea Control 187 – Why Chicago with Akshat Patel and Dr. Ted Karamanski →

By Alex Clarke We are The Bilge Pumps, a podcast crew of three naval geeks, with occasional guests, who squeak a lot about naval stuff and sometimes when moving. We include myself – Alex Clarke – known as much for my addiction to Irn Bru as my PhD and NavalHistoryLive Youtube channel, Alex ‘Drach’ Pocklington, … Continue reading The Bilge Pumps 2 – The Sequel →

By Alex Clarke So it’s happened, we did three episodes and the listeners have spoken, at least the ones we’ve heard from, and it was a big thumbs up. So we’re here to stay, we even have our own channel – which is lovely and currently squeaky clean, but give us five minutes and we’ll … Continue reading The Bilge Pumps 1 – Launch Episode! →

By Jared Samuelson On the heels of the Grant miniseries, Dr. Anne Brinton joins the program to revisit some Civil War Naval Integration (TM) in the Western Theater: The Battle for Island Number 10! Dr. Brinton discusses time, space, and force, the composition of the river fleet, Commodore Andrew Foote, Commander Henry Walke, and the … Continue reading Sea Control 186 – The Battle for Island Number 10 with Dr. Anne Brinton →

By Jared Samuelson Stable Seas’ Jay Benson and the Observer Research Foundation’s Abhijit Singh come aboard Sea Control to discuss Stable Seas’ report on the Bay of Bengal, human and physical geography around the Bay, national security concerns, the difficulties of synchronizing the “blue economy,” and challenges unique to the Bay’s many riverine ports and … Continue reading Sea Control 185 – Stable Seas: Bay of Bengal with Jay Benson and Abhijit Singh →

By Jared Samuelson Brute Krulak Center for Creativity and Innovation Director Valerie Jackson and Dr. Heather Venable join me to discuss the lessons learned from CIMSEC’s Project Trident Chokepoints and Littorals Week! We’ll be discussing whether chokepoints are still relevant, mine warfare, chokepoints as a temporal phenomenon, and the importance of presence. Download Sea Control 184 … Continue reading Sea Control 184 – Chokepoints and Littorals with Dr. Heather Venable and Director Valerie Jackson →

By Alex Clarke Alert and cover your ears it’s another historically informed maritime current events podcast inbound! Or… Bilgepumps this week is what three naval geeks who have found a particularly tasty cake shop would sound like if recorded. So what is episode three about? Well the #Bilgepumps team are talking about the matrix, China … Continue reading Sea Control 183 – The Bilgepumps →

By Jared Samuelson Historians Keith Bird and Jason Hines join the program to discuss the development of wireless telegraphy on warships, British use of wireless command-and-control, the oft-neglected German naval intelligence failures in the First World War, and the encryption war at sea, all part of their award-winning 2018 paper, In the Shadow of Ultra: A … Continue reading Sea Control 182 – In the Shadows of Ultra with Keith Bird and Jason Hines →